Massachusetts Attorney General not pursuing criminal case against DraftKings

Daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings CEO Jason Robins (pictured) got a rare piece of good news on Wednesday when the Massachusetts Attorney General said she wasn’t pursuing criminal inquiries against the company.

Attorney General Maura Healey made waves last month when she announced she was “reviewing’ the legal status of DraftKings, which is based in Boston. Speaking at a Political Happy Hour event in Boston on Wednesday, Healey said there were no federal or state laws that prohibited DraftKings from offering fantasy gaming and that her office was “not looking to shut them down.”

Healey said her inquiry was focused on the company’s internal controls and consumer protection safeguards, which is highly ironic, given that the company (and rival FanDuel) announced earlier that day that they had launched third-party reviews of their internal practices in response to the ‘insider trading’ scandal that has dragged both companies’ names through the mud this past week.

Healey said she’d been “concerned” by this week’s revelations, which suggested that DFS players “were literally playing against the house and not surprisingly the house made out pretty well in this instance.” Healey said the kerfuffle had created the opportunity for the companies and state authorities to work together to “get it right” so that DFS consumers are “assured a level playing field.”